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By Scott Kleinberg and Amy Guth and Tribune Newspapers | August 29, 2013

Do no work on the seventh day of the week. Do not steal. Honor your parents. All good advice that has stood the test of time. But as social media has grown and continues to grow, it seems fitting to give it a separate set of commandments. Here, we give it our best shot along with a quick explanation of each. 1.Thou shall not use the hashtag in vain. You know those photos on Instagram that have 20 hashtags attached to them? Yeah, that's too many. A general rule of thumb on any social media platform: Limit each post to one hashtag, two if absolutely necessary and never three.

(Reuters) - Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc said a painkiller made with its abuse-deterrent technology did not show statistically significant results in reducing likability among abusers, sending its shares down as much as 34 percent in extended trading. The mid-stage study showed that Acura's tablet, being tested for potential abuse by snorting, had a slightly lower measure of liking when compared with the generic hydrocodone/acetaminophen tablet. The company said it expects a delay in the submission of a marketing approval application for Aversion H&A, its most advanced drug in development.

Tablet owners are turning into the kind of captive audience marketers have long been looking for. At a time when more TV watchers are skipping commercials than ever, tablet users are more likely to watch an ad, a new study by IPG Media Lab and YuMe has found. According to the companies, 85% of tablet video viewers multitask when using their tablets , compared to 86% of smartphone video viewers, 87% of computer users, and 97% of TV viewers. At the same time, 57% of tablet users are able to recall a brand that appeared in a video, compared to 49% of smartphone video viewers, 47% of computer viewers, and 45% of TV viewers.

The global market for smartphone and tablet applications is growing, but the way consumers use them is changing, newly released data show. Consumers are using apps for shorter bursts of time and opting to “snack” on content more frequently, according to market research firm ABI Research. A record 70 billion smartphone and tablet apps are expected to be downloaded globally this year. But consumers' attention spans for apps are dropping. “People are spending overall a fairly decent amount of time in the app, but it's small intervals of time repeated more frequently,” said Raj Aggarwal, chief executive of Boston-based web analytics company Localytics, which conducted the study.

Tablet shipments slowed this spring, research firm IDC said Monday, blaming a lack of new products to spur purchases. Worldwide, tablet shipments in the second quarter fell 9.7 percent from the first quarter. Still, shipments jumped about 60 percent from the same quarter in 2012. Apple's iPad saw fewer shipments than predicted with a total of 14.6 million for the quarter, down from 19.5 million in the winter quarter. IDC said the lack of a new iPad version softened demand for all versions.

SEATTLE, July 30 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's Surface tablets have yet to make any profit as sputtering sales have been eclipsed by advertising costs and an accounting charge, according to the software company's annual report. The two tablet models, introduced in October and February to challenge Apple Inc's popular iPad, have so far brought in revenue of $853 million, Microsoft revealed for the first time in its annual report filed with regulators on Tuesday. That is less than the $900 million charge Microsoft announced earlier this month to write down the value of unsold Surface RT - the first model - still on its hands.

BlackBerry Ltd., stung last month by weak corporate results, laid off about 250 of its employees at its headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario Thursday. "This is part of the next stage of our turnaround plan to increase efficiencies and scale our company," a BlackBerry spokeswoman said. The company, which last year cut thousands of jobs, recently hinted that more reductions were in the offing. Last month, BlackBerry's earnings triggered a 28 percent plunge in its share price. Sales of its make-or-break new line of smartphones came in well below some analysts' expectations.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 24 (Reuters) - Google Inc on Wednesday showcased a new Nexus 7, a slimmer version of its year-old tablet that the Internet search company hopes will expand its presence in consumer hardware and ensure its online services remain front-and-center on mobile devices. The news comes a week before its Motorola division is expected to unveil the "Moto X" smartphone in New York. The Moto X represents the first phone Motorola has developed since it was acquired by Google for $12.5 billion in May 2012, and is central to relaunching the venerable brand into a hotly competitive mobile market.

MOSCOW, July 16 (Reuters) - Gazprom, the world's biggest gas producer, is offering to pay up to 119.7 million roubles ($3.7 million) for a bespoke tablet computer for its chief executive, Alexei Miller, documents posted on the Gazprom web site said. The tablet would be based on the iOS operating system and support 3G, GPRS and wi-fi transfer technologies, be able to download information in less than 15 seconds and protect commercial data, the documents showed. The Apple platform-based tablet will help Miller, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, access data essential to Gazprom's day-to-day operations, such as gas output and exports, the documents said.